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What Is in Liquid Smoke?
Liquid smoke is a product you can buy at the grocery store to add a smoky barbeque flavor to food. It can also be used as a food preservative. It...
Make a pH Rainbow Wand
Here's an easy and colorful chemistry demonstration for you. Take a long glass tube and fill it with Universal Indicator solution. Add a few drops of 0.02M HCl to one...
This Day in Science History - February 9 - US Weather Bureau
February 9th is the birthday of the United States Weather Bureau. Professor Lapham of Milwaukee was instrumental in raising awareness for a need for the government to pay attention to...
Make pH Paper Test Strips
You can use red cabbage pH indicator to make your own pH paper test strips. It's simple to do and makes it much easier to test the pH of liquids...
This Day in Science History - February 8 - Dmitri Mendeleev
February 8th is Dmitri Mendeleev's birthday. Most people associate Mendeleev the first accepted periodic table of the elements. His table ordered the elements by increasing atomic weight where columns of...
Glow in the Dark Slime Instructions
When I write up a project, there are two sets of instructions. There are the cover-all-the-bases instructions. where I tell you all the different ways to make something. Then there...
What Do Whales Drink?
Have you ever wondered what whales drink?
You probably know all animals require water to live. Humans drink fresh water and get water from the foods we eat. If we eat...
Hot and Cold Valentine Chemistry Demonstration
Here's a fun and easy Valentine's Day chemistry demonstration. Take a pink liquid, heat it up and watch it turn colorless. Upon cooling, the color of the liquid will return...
